Java Parse Date parseDate(final String pDate)

Description

Parse the given date using the #OCCURRENCE_DATE_FORMAT format.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
pDate	a string representation of a date

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	date malformed

Return

the date

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(final String pDate) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   w  w  w.ja  v a2  s  . c  om
 * Copyright (C) 2011 Jeremie Huchet
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /** The date format used for ACRA user crash dates. */
    private static final String OCCURRENCE_DATE_FORMAT = "dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss";

    /**
     * Parse the given date using the {@link #OCCURRENCE_DATE_FORMAT} format.
     * 
     * @param pDate
     *            a string representation of a date
     * @return the date
     * @throws ParseException
     *             date malformed
     */
    public static Date parseDate(final String pDate) throws ParseException {

        final SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(OCCURRENCE_DATE_FORMAT);
        return format.parse(pDate);
    }
}

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